Wednesday, November 28th - WYEGW - Make gift packaging

Today the Design Team was challenged to make gift packaging.... what a great job they did. They are always up to the challenge!!  

Jamie used Christmas Cheer to make this cute tree for this simple gift bag. 
Check out the details on her blog http://craftygirl21.blogspot.com/

Tammy S. created a cute gift box, table center piece using Cindy Loo, Art Philosophy.  

For more details check out her blog at http://cuttinandstampin.blogspot.com.

Teresa recycled containers to make these really cute treat containers. She used Jolly Holidays, check out the blog at Fresh and Renewed for more details.

My favorite time of year! 

We are doing a few things different than we did last year..... 

Instead of the 25 days of Christmas from December 1-25, we ALWAYS like to stay ahead so that you have plenty of time to make your crafts.... so we have started today November 12th. There will be a ton of inspiration and a few of last year's amazing projects, we just might dig them up again for you because they were that great! 

This also is the time of year for our seasonal design team.... 

This is for December 1-31, 2012 

This is not for a permanent place on our design team. This is just to help out our design team who works so hard to create and share with you all year long. We give them time off so they can craft for their homes, families and friends, and just enjoy a little R & R. 

But we want to keep giving you a ton of inspiration. 

So this term is ONLY from December 1-31, 2012.

 It is similar to a guest designer, but for a month rather than just one day. 

So applications are accepted today through Sunday December 2, 11:59pm EST.

The Seasonal team will be announced Monday December 3, 2012 

To apply please email your application to EricasTeam@aol.com 

with the subject line Seasonal DT Application 

Please email me ONE project you have made with your cricut.

Also include your name, facebook name, email address and blog address. 

Beginners are VERY VERY welcome. All I ask for beginner and advanced talent, is that when you post try to give as many instructions as possible. 

You MUST use cricut cartridges, no SVGs and no Digi-stamps. 

During this time there should be NO solicitation for sales of ANY kind. 

This is just to showcase your talent and blog.

You will be posting at least one project a week during December, you may post more if you would like. 

WEDNESDAY CHALLENGES

• Action Wobble Challenge (Wobble Wednesdays) 
• All That Scraps Challenge Blog 
• Bugaboo Stamps Catch the Bug Challenge Blog 
• Cardz TV 
• Craft Your Passion KIDS Crafts 
• Crafts and Me 
• Creative Inspirations 
• Decorate to Celebrate 
• Divas by Design 
• Fab 'N' Funky 
• Fresh Brewed Designs 
• Memory Works Blog (Challenge Me Wednesday) 
• Midweek Magnolias (Magnolia Challenges) 
• My Mum's Craft Shop Challenges 
• Penny's Paper-Crafty 
• Pink By Design 
• Simon Says 
• Stampotique Designers 
• Sweet Sketch Wednesday 
• The Outlawz 
• The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog 
• Whiff of Joy 
• Whimsy Stamp Inspiration 
• Word Art Wednesday (Challenges inspired by God's Word) 

Would You Ever Guess Wednesday November 7, Bonus features from a Licensed Cartridge

Notice anything different this week????

Well we had a few design team members move on from us. 

We wish them all of the best as we consider them our online family. 

I know many of them will still come to look at what the other design team members have made.

I am truly sad about them leaving. I also consider them friends. 

So it is not easy seeing them move on. 

With everything else going on in my life (flood, divorce, and health issues)

 The thing that saddens me the most is losing those design team members. 

It is hitting me VERY hard. I know many of you think I am strong .... which I think I am. 

But every so often it is ok to be sad about something (that just means I am human) 

Here is the shame on me..... I let my personal life totally consume me, my soon to be Ex-Husband has really torn me down. Each day there is a 2 hour lecture that I get saying all of the things that I do wrong.... seriously 2 hours EVERY DAY. After 2 hours of that I just want to go to bed. 

And I have been doing that.... each day, I go to bed. During that time, I would sign into facebook and not even look in my design team's facebook group. So I totally neglected my team and my customers. It is my fault that they have moved on. There is no blame or anything else.... 

Just me and what I did. I am very sorry to you ladies. I wish I could make it up to all of you. 

Here is the silver lining...... (you knew I was going to find one) As sad as I am to see several design team members go, there is a new way of 10 Design team members that will be moving into the permanent positions after they are with the team for 30 days. As far as those who have left, I would probably do the same, but I do want to thank you for all of the time you have spent here and in the end the biggest thing that you all have given me was a wake up call. I was so consumed with the divorce that I didn't have my heart in my team or business. Now I know what I did and I am working my butt off to make it up to the teams members who did stay with me.  So now the two things that I have neglected I am giving all of my heart to, my team and my business.

 I have many things to make up to many people, and I am going to do it. 

So this week we are showcasing ONE person and ONE project each day. 

Don't worry next week all will be back to normal.
We have structured the team now to post 5 projects each day 

for you to enjoy and spark your crafting Mojo. 

Nadja used Spongbob Squarepants, Jolly Holidays and Christmas Cartridges for this card. For more details please visit her blog at http://nadjarobbins.blogspot.com/2012/11/would-you-ever-guess-wednesday-november.html

WEDNESDAY CHALLENGES

• Action Wobble Challenge (Wobble Wednesdays) 
• All That Scraps Challenge Blog 
• Bugaboo Stamps Catch the Bug Challenge Blog 
• Cardz TV 
• Craft Your Passion KIDS Crafts 
• Crafts and Me 
• Creative Inspirations 
• Decorate to Celebrate 
• Divas by Design 
• Fab 'N' Funky 
• Fresh Brewed Designs 
• Memory Works Blog (Challenge Me Wednesday) 
• Midweek Magnolias (Magnolia Challenges) 
• My Mum's Craft Shop Challenges 
• Penny's Paper-Crafty 
• Pink By Design 
• Simon Says 
• Stampotique Designers 
• Sweet Sketch Wednesday 
• The Outlawz 
• The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog 
• Whiff of Joy 
• Whimsy Stamp Inspiration 
• Word Art Wednesday (Challenges inspired by God's Word) 

Card CreatingTuesday September 25, 2012- Christmas Cards

Seriously we are 75% of the way to Christmas!!! Oh my!!! I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!

So this is a great time to announce that we are going to do the same thing that we did last year.... here is the problem that I saw with it.... It was December 1-25 (the 25 days of Christmas) 

But it did not give you all time to make the projects that we showed.... 

So we will be doing this in November!  

November 6- December 7, for 25 days. 12 Projects each day! 

Each day we will show you 12 projects a day with a Winter/Christmas theme.


This will be a SEASONAL DESIGN TEAM position... 

This is NOT a blog hop.... 

1. You will need to create ONE project each week From November 6- December 31.  

2. You will be on the Design Team from November 1- December 31

3. December 7- December 31, Only the seasonal team will be posting.

4. At the end of your December 31st term you may be offered to continue into 2013.... 

5. You do not have to have design team experience

Please submit an email to apply for the Seasonal Design team. 

Email to ContactErica@aol.com with the subject line SEASONAL DESIGN TEAM

Please send in the email the following:

1.. Make a Winter/Christmas theme project (never seen before.... must be a NEW project)

2. Your BEST Cricut created project 

3. A link to your blog or facebook album. 

4. Your Blog address (You do not need to have a blog yet) 

5. Your facebook name 

6. Design teams that you are on (You don't have to be on one)

7. Design teams you have been on (never having been on one is ok)

8. Do you sell anything? Paper, Cartridges, Close To My Heart, Creative Memories, Avon......etc. 

 I know not everyone celebrates Christmas.... 

So we are also going to have a Happy Hanukkah Hop! December 8-16 Technically 9 days. So we will be looking for AT LEAST 9 people to be a part of this hop. One for each day. I will post each day one or more  Hanukkah  projects. But I know nothing about  Hanukkah , so I would LOVE if some of you can help me. Please comment here if there is a daily theme or symbolic things that we should set as each daily theme. THANK YOU in advance. I am also looking for people to be in the hop. I NEED 9, but I can add more than one project each day.... the more the merrier!  Here is the facebook group if you would like to make a project for this Blog Hop..... 

you do NOT need to celebrate  Hanukkah  to to be in this hop, ANYONE can do it.
http://www.facebook.com/groups/289855361120816/

Heather Lynn used A Quilted Christmas to make her sparkly Christmas card today. Please stop by her blog to see how she made it 

http://heathernovinger.blogspot.com/2012/09/card-creating-tuesday-with-my-cricut.html!

Jamie M. used Create a Critter 2 to make this cute Christmas card. Check out the details at http://craftygirl21.blogspot.com/2012/09/mccr-pink-christmas-card.html

Kathy used the A Quilted Christmasto make her card today.

Please visit her blog to see her entire project at
http://3spoileddogs.blogspot.com/2012/09/card-creating-tuesday-christmas.html

Miranda used Jolly Holidays to make her card today. 
To see how she made it, please visit her blog  Nana's Scrap Spot.

Jenn Lorist used Joys of the Season to make her card today.

For details please visit 

http://www.jennspapercrafts.blogspot.com/2012/09/its-christmas-over-at-my-cricut-craft.html



Teresa added some pink to her Christmas card using the Holiday Cakes cartridge.  Please visit her at http://www.createenjoyshare.blogspot.com/2012/09/its-beginning-to-look-lot-like-christmas.html to get all the details!
"Gosh, as soon a I came here to upload my project, I see that it is so similar to Miranda's!  Sorry Miranda...I did not see your project before I designed mine!  Great minds think alike!! " -Teresa

 

Would You Ever Guess Wednesday July25, 2012 & Christmas

So on Wednesdays we like to show you some new things that you would not think of.... Today I am showcasing an idea from a 4 year old!!! YEP Bella came up with a new use for Cupcake Wrappers, this is from the new Cricut Artiste Cartridge..... A crown for her doll.

This is at 2 1/2" but 3 1/1" is perfect for a crown you do not have to hold on for the doll.

YES ONLY 5 MORE MONTHS.... It is coming fast!!! Get ready with these wonderful ideas!

Teresa made a "cool" Christmas card featuring the Jolly Holiday Lite cartridge.

Hop over to her blog and check it out at
http://www.createenjoyshare.blogspot.com/2012/07/christmas-in-july.html

Jamie used Joys of the Season and Christmas Cheer to make this ornament shaped card. For the details check out her blog at http://craftygirl21.blogspot.com/2012/07/christmas-mccr.html

Today Ava choose to use Create a Critter to

create this 2 pg 8x8 layout, for more details please check out her blog:

http://scrapbookdesign4u.blogspot.com/2012/07/would-you-ever-guess-wednesday.html

Jessica used the Create A Critter Cricut cartridge to make her paradise themed card. To see the full project please visit her blog at
http://jessicascraftshaque.blogspot.com/2012/07/wyegw-would-you-ever-guess-wednesday.html

Robin used the Cricut Cartridge "Art Philosophy" by Close To My Heart to make her card today for today's project theme of Christmas. Please visit her blog to view the entire project and details at....

http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/2012/07/would-you-ever-guess-wednesday.html

ClaireR used Garden Soup for her Would You Ever Guess Wednesday
Project. For details, please visit her blog at
http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/2012/07/would-you-ever-guess-wednesday.html

Angie made this cute little mini album.
Check out her blog to see which cartridges she used.

http://crazyscraplady-angelpie.blogspot.ca/2012/07/would-you-ever-guess-wednesday.html to see

Would You Ever Guess Wednesday January 25, 2012 WYEGW and our Countdown to Christmas

So has anyone seen the Cricut infomercial on YouTube??? I am so proud to tell you THREE, yes THREE of our design team members are on the infomercial! When I can i will post the link to the video! How awesome is that?!?! They are on different infomercials, so as they air or are posted on YouTube, I will post them here! I always knew we had a talented team here, even our beginners are talented! I am so lucky to have such an AMAZING team. Everyday I am amazed at such great projects!!! So they keep up the good work please comment on their blog to give them encouragement to keep sharing with you!

Marji used the Rock Princess cartridge to create her scrapbook page, please visit her blog to see what fun she created for today. http://www.fstampaholic.blogspot.com/

Sheila used Simply Sweet to make this card. See her entire project at http://2pawprints.blogspot.com/

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On the 25th of every month we will show you some Christmas projects to get ideas for your gifts for next year and show our love of Christmas all year long.... ONLY 11 more months... only 335 days until Christmas, Yes I really do start counting down each year on December 26... I can't wait for it to come again!

 

Laurie used Winter Frolic to make this mini album. To see the rest of the album, go to her blog at http://mincedpaper.blogspot.com/

Amber made this cute gift card holder using Hello Kitty Greetings and Simply Charmed. Please visit her blog at http://pixiperfectcreations.blogspot.com/ to see how she made this project.  

 

Sharon used Winter Woodland, Christmas Cheer & Tags, Bags, Boxes  More Cricut Cartridges to make these Christmas tags.  To see the full project please visit her blog at: http://simplysweetbysharon.blogspot.com/

Cori made Christmas ornaments from the tag feature using the Winter Woodland cartridge. Go to http://www.createdbycori.blogspot.com/  to see this project!

Today Jenny R created this card using Jolly Holidays Cricut Lite Cartridge. Her blog is http://myimagitivity.blogspot.com/.

 

Jenn Lorist used Santa's Village Imagine Cricut cartridge to make this cute Christmas box. Please visit her blog to see this entire project at http://www.jennspapercrafts.blogspot.com/

 

My IMAGINE-ation Monday and Letter C January 16, 2012

In with the new year we have added some new 'themes'

On Mondays we use the Imagine, E2, Mini, or Cricut CraftRoom (CCR) Exclusive cartridges.

The other part of Mondays (because not everyone owns those machines/cartridges, we have a letter each Monday to use. Today is letter C so the Team can use ANY cartridge that begins with the letter C such as Camping Critters, or any image that begins with C Car, or any feature that begins with letter C, such as a card. So first the cartridge projects and then below are the letter C items.

Jen L used Imagine More Cards Cartridge please go to her blog to see the Card http://www.mybusycraftylife.blogspot.com/

Liz used the Imagine More cartridge to make her project.   Check out the rest of her project at http://tryin2craft.blogspot.com/

Mary used the Imagine and the Cricut Expression 2 to make this project. Please visit her blog to see the complete project http://mary-fortheloveofart.blogspot.com/

Enjoli created this "Clipboard" using Lacy Labels & Tie the Knot Cricut cartridges to see more check out her blog at http://mississippihippycrafts.blogspot.com/  

Jessica S used the Sweet Treats Cricut cartridge to create this birthday to create this cupcake birthday card. To view her whole project please visit her blog at http://www.inspiremepink.com/

Marji made this project for the Letter C challenge. Go to her blog to see all the details.

http://www.fstampaholic.blogspot.com/

Sheila used Campin' Critters to make this card.  Visit her blog at http://2pawprints.blogspot.com/ to see her entire project.

Jenn Lorist used Jolly Holiday's Cricut cartridges to decorate a glass block for Christmas. Please visit her blog to see this entire project at http://www.jennspapercrafts.blogspot.com/

Doris has created project using the letter C with Cricut Decals and Country Carnival. Please go to her blog and see more at http://mybugandmecreate.blogspot.com/

Jamie used Carnival and Create a Critter Cartridges for this Invitation. To see the full project please visit her blog  http://jamiek711designs.blogspot.com/

Shelly used Create A Critter to create this Valentine card.  To see the full project please visit her blog at http://kccroppers.blogspot.com/

Tamara used Create A Critter Cricut cartridge to make this card. To see the full project please visit her blog http://sospoileditscute.blogspot.com/